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Joan Alison(1901-1992)

  • Writer
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Co-writer, with Murray Burnett, of "Everybody Comes to Rick's", a play sold to the Warner Brothers studio that became the basis of "Casablanca" (WB, 1942). Alison and Burnett were each paid one-off fees of $10,000 for rights to the first filming of the play, and received on-screen credit only for subsequent productions of "Casablanca" through ensuing years.
BornMay 3, 1901
DiedMarch 30, 1992(90)
BornMay 3, 1901
DiedMarch 30, 1992(90)
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Known for

Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
8.5
  • Writer
  • 1942
Karin Booth and Charles McGraw in Casablanca (1955)
Casablanca
6.3
TV Series
  • Writer
Guiding Light (1952)
Guiding Light
6.6
TV Series
  • Writer
The Doctor (1952)
The Doctor
6.4
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer



  • Casablanca (1983)
    Casablanca
    5.5
    TV Series
    • play "Everyone Comes to Rick's" (uncredited)
    • 1983
  • Guiding Light (1952)
    Guiding Light
    6.6
    TV Series
    • certain characters created by
    • 1982
  • Karin Booth and Charles McGraw in Casablanca (1955)
    Casablanca
    6.3
    TV Series
    • play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"
    • 1955–1956
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1955
  • The Doctor (1952)
    The Doctor
    6.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1952
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
    Casablanca
    8.5
    • from a play by
    • 1942

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 3, 1901
  • Died
    • March 30, 1992
    • New York, New York, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Quotes
    I'm in the process of dying. Maybe this week. Maybe next. The thing that sustains me a great deal is the Jeopardy! (1984) show, when I can yell out more answers than the contestants. [1989 interview; she died in 1992, aged 90]
  • Salary
    • Casablanca
      (1942)
      $10,000

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